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David Foust Rodríguez, coordinator of CEREAL, explains why voluntary initiatives are not strong enough to bring about the necessary changes in the electronics industry. He makes a case for worker-led monitoring as a way to reveal and challenge the structural difficulties faced by workers.

The 4.3 million phones recalled by Samsung contain a wealth of precious materials like cobalt, tungsten, silver and gold. The question is whether these materials will be recovered so that the energy it took to mine them is not wasted.

On November 22 the European Union (EU) has taken a first step towards cleaning up Europe’s trade in minerals. According to a broad coalition of NGOs, this first attempt is positive, but also half-hearted.